▲ 58 ▼ When you criticize religion only when it suits your xenophobia (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 months ago by stemy@lemmy.ml to c/atheistmemes@lemmy.world 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago (3 children) Islam is a set of ideas - not a race. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] stemy@lemmy.ml [S] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children) But it's treated as it by the "islam critics" i'm talking about. Because the only significant difference between islam and the other abrahamic religions is the skin color of most of their practitioners. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] werty@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago And that's why criticism of Islam is verboten in many leftist spaces, because it's viewed as racism, which is also fucking stupid. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago Yet these people hardly ever take issue with Hinduism or Buddhism despite most of their practitioners also being dark-skinned. One of the most vocal critics of Islam, Sam Harris, spent 10 years in India practicing meditation surrounded by brown-skinned people but still gets regularly labeled racist for criticising Islam. These people have better reasons for their criticism than the color of people's skin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stemy@lemmy.ml [S] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children) But it's treated as it by the "islam critics" i'm talking about. Because the only significant difference between islam and the other abrahamic religions is the skin color of most of their practitioners. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] werty@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago And that's why criticism of Islam is verboten in many leftist spaces, because it's viewed as racism, which is also fucking stupid. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago Yet these people hardly ever take issue with Hinduism or Buddhism despite most of their practitioners also being dark-skinned. One of the most vocal critics of Islam, Sam Harris, spent 10 years in India practicing meditation surrounded by brown-skinned people but still gets regularly labeled racist for criticising Islam. These people have better reasons for their criticism than the color of people's skin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] werty@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago And that's why criticism of Islam is verboten in many leftist spaces, because it's viewed as racism, which is also fucking stupid. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago Yet these people hardly ever take issue with Hinduism or Buddhism despite most of their practitioners also being dark-skinned. One of the most vocal critics of Islam, Sam Harris, spent 10 years in India practicing meditation surrounded by brown-skinned people but still gets regularly labeled racist for criticising Islam. These people have better reasons for their criticism than the color of people's skin. permalink fedilink source parent
